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Definition of Petticoat
1. Noun. Undergarment worn under a skirt.
Specialized synonyms: Crinoline
Generic synonyms: Undergarment, Unmentionable
Definition of Petticoat
1. n. A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist.
Definition of Petticoat
1. Noun. (historical) A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by men over a shirt and under the doublet. ¹
2. Noun. (historical) A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown. ¹
3. Noun. (archaic or historical) A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively. ¹
4. Noun. A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Petticoat
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Petticoat
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Petticoat
Literary usage of Petticoat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"The late petticoat SQUIRE From his shop mounted higher. 1690. ... Venus may know
more man both of us, For 'tis some petticoat AFFAIR. 1600. ..."
2. Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits by Alfred Cort Haddon, William Halse Rivers Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman, Charles Samuel Myers, William McDougall, Sidney Herbert Ray, Anthony Wilkin (1912)
"Worked-up rubbing of back panel of a wapa petticoat; i nat. size. ... of which
are only variations in construction invisible in the completed petticoat, ..."
3. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources by John Ashton (1882)
"... Hair Colour plush petticoat, a black Russel petticoat flower'd, an Ash colour
Silk Quilted petticoat, a Cloth Colour'd Silk ..."
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